How many times have you heard a player halfway through the season credit his good form to his best pre-season ever? Or another player put his bad form down to not getting a good run at it before Round 1.

That tells you that despite all the coach's games, these games do count for something.

They can also throw up some funny numbers - the No.1 scorer for the NAB Cup was Kangaroos defender Nathan Grima with an outlandish average of 163 points. But that was scored in one match - which was played in a monsoon at Craigieburn and was called off halfway through the final quarter.

But if you take a broader view and look at players who appeared at least three times, Brisbane Lions midfielder Daniel Rich is the standout.

He scored 246 in the opening NAB Cup double-header and followed up with 132 in round three of the NAB Cup and 97 in the final - claiming the Michael Tuck Medal.

Lions teammate Patrick Karnezis was the surprise packet of the pre-season, averaging 97 SuperCoach points over four matches, while other players in the breakout window include Saint Jack Steven (average 105) and Demon Jack Watts (106.5).

Got a SuperCoach question? Send it to supercoachtips@heraldsun.com.au and watch The SuperCoach Show on Fox Footy for answers from the experts. The SuperCoach Show screens on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week at 7pm and every Thursday at 6pm during the season.

EVERY NAB CUP SUPERCOACH SCORE

Note: Scores for week 1 of the NAB Cup include both round-robin matches, with scores scaled to reflect the shortened matches - this is factored into the overall average. The final column includes scores for the full-scale Fremantle v Adelaide practice match three weeks ago.

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